School Newsletter - Term 1 Week 7 - 2024

Principal's Celebration

What a fabulous Friday we enjoyed today!

Thank you to the special guests who attended our Under 8’s and Prep Open Day.  It was wonderful to have so many visitors join us.  Thank you to our Student Leaders, who greeted visitors, assisted with activities and helped tidy up, without prompting!

While our Student Leaders were helping with our special day, we had four of our Student Council run parade.  I would like to acknowledge the efforts of George, Danish, Luke and Sam.  It is a big deal standing up and taking parade and these four students confidently and capably ensured our normal routines continued!

What a treat our parade was this morning.  Mrs Johansen and the Year 3 and Year 4 String Ensembles were just beautiful.  We are so proud of the music program here at Rangeville and this morning’s presentations were a great display of the hard work and effort applied by our staff and students. 

Thank you to Daniel (Local Chaplaincy Committee Chair) for attending our parade and acknowledging the contributions of our Chaplain Sophie Gittens.  We appreciate the time, energy and kindness Sophie has given our school and wish her all the best. 

NAPLAN

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is a literacy and numeracy assessment that students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sit each year. It is the only national assessment all Australian students undertake.

NAPLAN assesses the literacy and numeracy skills that students are learning through the school curriculum and allows parents/carers to see how their child is progressing against national standards.

NAPLAN is just one aspect of a school’s assessment and reporting process. It does not replace ongoing assessments made by teachers about student performance, but it can provide teachers with additional information about students’ educational progress.

NAPLAN timetables were emailed to parents of Years 3 & 5 students this afternoon. 

P&C Annual General Meeting

We hope you can join us for our P&C AGM Tuesday 12 March at 6:00pm in the Resource Room.

Facilities Updates

Beginning Monday morning, our Music Room will be closed for some works.  Please prompt students to deliver instruments to the Resource Room for the rest of this term.  

PBL Focus Week 7 & 8

This week, our PBL focus was on using the High Five in the Playground. 

Next week, we will focus on being respectful by using kind words and kind actions. 

Upcoming Events

We have some exciting events coming up towards the end of term.  Please keep an eye on our newsletter and calendar for further information. 

• Friday 15 March Harmony Day (wear orange)
• Tuesday 19 March Parent Teacher Interviews
• Thursday 21 March Cross Country (timetable emailed today) & Student Council Pizza Meal Deal
• Friday 22 March Lots of Socks day & Strings Workshops
• Wednesday 27 March Hawaiian Disco

Calendar of Events

Makers Empire Monthly Design Challenge

One of our Year Six students was chosen as runner up in a Makers Empire monthly design challenge. The judges were impressed by Jonathon from 6BT's 'Simple Chinese Dragon'entry in the Year of the Dragon Makers Empire competition. Jonathon's entry showed great design skills and attention to detail. His design certainly meets the criteria of being powerful, energetic and fun!

Jonathon's design was selected from nearly 3,700 designs entered in this competition. Fantastic achievement Jonathon!

Toowoomba District Primary School Individual Chess Championship

Rangeville students attended the Toowoomba Chess Championships on Tuesday to compete with over 300 students from across the region. They all showed great sportsmanship and represented our school so well. It was a great day of winning, losing and making new friends.

Prep 2025 Enrolments

If you have a Prep aged child to enrol in 2025 but have not yet done so, please apply online as soon as possible here https://eq.sobs.com.au/en/parent.php?schoolid=70862 or feel free to collect an enrolment pack from the school office.

Harmony Day Celebrations 2024

Next Friday 15 March 2024, we will be celebrating Harmony Day at Rangeville State School. 

Traditionally, orange signifies social communication and meaningful conversations. It also relates to the freedom of ideas and encouragement of mutual respect. Students are encouraged to wear something orange on Harmony Day to show their support for cultural diversity and an inclusive Australia.

Parent Teacher Interviews

Parent/Teacher interviews will be held on Tuesday 19 March and will take place in the W Block Hall from 3:05pm. Parent/Teacher interviews are an excellent opportunity for us to discuss your child's progress and address any questions you might have. Class teachers, support teachers and specialist teachers for Health, Physical Education, Language, Digital Technology, Music and EALD will be available during this time. We value your engagement in your child's education and believe that these interviews greatly contribute to their growth.

We are pleased to let you know that the SOBS Parent/Teacher interview bookings will open on Monday 11 March at 3:00pm. Please keep an eye out for an email being sent home on Monday which will include a booking instruction sheet. This sheet will guide you through the straightforward process of scheduling your preferred time slot.

Student Council Pizza Meal Deal

Student Council in conjunction with Urban Pizza is holding a tuckshop pizza meal deal fundraiser at our upcoming Cross Country day. Student Council members have proudly created the attached poster. 

Whole School Cross Country

As we eagerly anticipate our upcoming Cross Country scheduled for 21 March 2024, please find attached the Cross Country Timetable, which outlines the schedule for the day.

In the event of wet weather, we have an alternative date set for 26 March 2024.

We're looking forward to a wonderful Cross Country and good luck to all our runners!

Lots of Socks Campaign for World Down Syndrome Day

World Down Syndrome Day is on the 21^st March 2024. Due to Cross Country on the 21^st, we will be celebrating this day on the 22^nd March 2024, by wearing fun socks. As a school we invite all students to get behind this wonderful activity to raise awareness. There is no cost, just wear some different socks with your school shoes.

Lots of Socks is a campaign to create conversation and bring awareness of Down Syndrome. The idea behind the Lots of Socks initiative is that all types, shapes, sizes of the same thing can be unique in their own way, and yet do the same thing. Children understand what socks are, how they look and what they are for, and children understand that no two socks are the same. Lots of Socks is a campaign to create conversation about diversity, uniqueness, inclusion and acceptance.

All you need to do is to choose some socks that are going to get noticed – they might be mismatched socks or your most colourful, fun socks! The idea is to start a conversation about Down Syndrome.

Wear your favourite socks to school on Friday the 22nd March 2024!

School Disco

NAPLAN

NAPLAN (National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy) is an annual assessment conducted in Australia for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. This year our Year 3 and 5 students will be tested from 18 to 21 March 2024. 

Throughout NAPLAN, you can support your child's success by ensuring they have restful nights and begin each morning with a nourishing breakfast.

Chaplaincy News

Scholastic Book Club

Please note the following information:

• Issue 2 will close on March 15;
• There are 8 issues of Book Club each year (2 per term);
• Book Club LOOP is linked to our school and allows you to order and pay for your child's Book Club order online;
• There is no need to send the order form to school once you have placed your order online;
• No cash orders;
• Orders arrive back at school approximately 1-2 weeks after Book Club closes;
• Every purchase you make through Scholastic Book Club ears the school Scholastic Rewards (20% on all orders) that is used to purchase books for the school library;
• Download the Book Club LOOP app or order online via LOOP: https://mybookclubs.scholastic.com.au/parent/BrowseCatalogue.aspx

QParents

QParents  is a secure, online portal that has been created by the Department of Education to provide parents of Queensland state school students with 24-hour access to their child's information. The portal allows you to securely access information about your child and communicate directly with your child's school.

QParents provides secure, online access to student information such as:

• attendance details
• consent forms
• payment of invoices
• payment history
• behaviour
• report cards and assessment dates
• upcoming events
• timetables
• student photo

In addition to the information provided, it's important to note that the QParents portal only sends invoices to the parent/carer who is responsible for 100% of the student's school fees. This means that if there are multiple parents or carers who share responsibility for fees, only one of them will receive the invoice through the portal. It's important for parents and carers to communicate and coordinate payment arrangements if they are sharing the responsibility for fees. 

We encourage you to register for QParents. To do this, simply express your interest by emailing mllew16@eq.edu.au or by phoning 4617 733 and Mrs Llewellyn will email you an invitation to register (which includes your log-in code) and your childs unique EQID. Your child's EQID can also be found on your child's Semester Report Card.

Rangeville State School P&C Association

Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) is set for Tuesday 12^th March starting at 6:00pm in the Resource Room.  

We invite everyone to attend and join our wonderful P&C community. All Executive roles will be declared open, and we welcome nominations and applications for these positions. Please feel free to express your interest in contributing to our wonderful P&C Association.

Rangeville State School P&C Minutes and Reports (padlet.com)

If you are interested in joining the P&C team, membership forms are included below and are available from the website www.rsspandc.com.au or email us at secretary@rangevillestateschoolpandc.onmicrosoft.com 

We have a very active and involved P&C here at Rangeville State School. We would love to meet you and have a chat about the many different ways you can be involved and how we can assist you.

See our P&C website www.rsspandc.com.au for more details around our businesses and helpful information for families.  

Contact details:

Website: www.rsspandc.com.au
Email: pandc@rangevilless.eq.edu.au
Phone P&C Ops Office:  07 4617 7354

The Rangeville State School P&C Association is excited to announce their upcoming Pie Drive, scheduled to commence on Monday 18 March and run until Wednesday 17 April. Details will be sent home to all Rangeville families via email on 18 March.

Should you have any questions from, please feel free to direct them to rsspandcfundraising@gmail.com

We are looking forward to a successful Pie Drive!

P&C Facebook page - Rangeville State School P&C

Did you know that we have a Facebook page? We would love you to follow us so that you can hear all about what's happening around Rangeville State School.

https://www.facebook.com/rangevillepc

Show this digital card for the P&C to get great rewards and in turn help raise funds for our community! 

Volunteers

We are always seeking volunteers who can help with fundraising events or to help us with different things such as sorting lost property.  If you want to know more about how you can help us please let us know, we can be contacted via the Facebook page, email or call the office and they can forward your message to us. 

Thank you to all of those that have supported and made contributions to our school and the P & C.

We thank you for your ongoing support and look forward to meeting some new volunteers at some of the upcoming events. If you are new to the school, we also ask you to visit us, as we have so many ways that you can help, we just need to meet you.

Tuckshop News

We would like to thank all our volunteers that turn up to assist at the Tuck shop each week. We are always looking for volunteers so please let us know if you are interested.  

For those who are new to Flexischools and need help navigating the system, please click the link below for further instructions.

Flexischools Instructions

Uniform Shop

2024 Operating Hours

If you are interested in volunteering in the uniform shop, please contact us via the P&C Facebook page or phone Nicky on (07) 4617 7333.

Rangeville State School P&C Association Outside School Hours Care (ROSHC)

Vacation care information

Our vacation care program is nearing completion with many exciting activities being added. The program, permission forms and general information will be emailed to all our active ROSHC families by the end of week 8, so please if you are after vacation care bookings keep an eye out for the email next week. Please make all vacation care booking through the xplor app.  Be advised we will not be accepting any early bookings for vacation care. Once the email has been sent, bookings will be put through the system to keep it fair for all families. Monday 1^st April is a Public Holiday and the service will not be operating. Vacation care starts 6:30am Tuesday 2^nd April through to the 12^th of April 2024. 

Fun activity this week

This week, Educator Hollie organised an exciting escape room activity that generated immense excitement among the children. Many participated in solving the challenges, sparking creativity as they went on to devise their own unique activities. Here is a snippet from Hollie's write-up on this engaging experience.

"This afternoon, in connection with this week’s theme of 'Challenges Week' and group participation, all children in the room took part in an escape room! Four challenges were intentionally set for the escape room, with instructions hidden around the room. The children swiftly located all the information for the challenges and eagerly dove into problem-solving!

At first, the group split off, attempting to solve their individual parts. However, they soon realised that teamwork was essential for this challenge, as clues were divided, and some challenges proved quite tricky! The first challenge was named the 'Triangle Challenge.' It involved a sheet of paper with numerous triangles that the children had to count to achieve a total number. The trick was that the large triangle encompassing all the small triangles was included in the count. Maddie cracked this trick, and the correct number of triangles was determined to be 17.

The next challenge was a coding test. Using a coding sheet and another piece of paper with the symbols of the code, the children had to match the symbols to the alphabet. This spelled out the word ‘twelve.’ The subsequent test was the alphabet challenge. James excelled at this challenge, matching the number assigned to each letter of the alphabet (A=1), unveiling the word 'seven.'

The final challenge was a mathematical test involving hidden numbers in a math problem that the children had to solve using colored balloons. By examining all the math problems together and understanding that balloons of the same color in different problems meant they were the same number, the children achieved success! Frank worked diligently on this problem, deciphering that the green balloon equaled 1, the blue balloon 9, and the yellow balloon 4.

This escape room was an amazing activity that engaged all the children in the room, promoting critical thinking, problem-solving, mathematics, and dynamic thinking skills in a fun, play-based way! Well done to everyone involved."

New enrolments for Term 2 or updating enrolment

If you are wanting to enrol children in ROSHC please send our office an email at roshc@rangevilless.eq.edu.au and we will send you through our enrolment forms, fee structure, parent handbook, children’s handbook and the booking app xplor information. If any of your personal information has changed, please email all changes through and we will update them in our system.

Absentees

If you have a booking at the service and your child goes home early from school, is absent or not coming for either BSC or ASC please let us know via your Xplor app (preferred option) or email roshc@rangevilless.eq.edu.au as soon as possible.

Lost Property

If your child has misplaced any personal items, we kindly ask you to check their classrooms or stop by our Lost and Found area, conveniently located on the verandah near the Uniform Shop. This is where we gather and keep items that might have been left behind in classrooms, on the playground, or elsewhere around the school.

For more precious items like glasses and watches, our administration office is the place to go, as we securely store them there. Our administration office is currently located in P Block.

Labeling your child's belongings with their name and class can be a tremendous help in reuniting lost items with their owners. Please keep in mind that any unclaimed items at the end of each term will be collected and removed. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated!

Not receiving our emails or SMS messages?

If you've recently changed your contact details like email address, mobile number, home address, family circumstances, workplace, or emergency contacts, please reach out to us at admin@rangevilless.eq.edu.au or give us a call at 4617 7333. This way, we can ensure your information is current and keep you in the loop. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated!

News from the Community

Please note that although the following notices may be included in the school’s Newsletter, they are published in good faith and do not necessarily have the school’s endorsement.

Toowoomba Netball Association

Toowoomba Netball Association operates a Net Set Go Program for 5-year-olds and over and from ages 10 and above we host a competitive competition that runs from April to September.

On the 9^th of March we’re hosting a come and try day which is targeted at new players and coaches. This would be a great opportunity for any new players or first/second year players.

Our website is: www.toowoombanetball.com.au

You can email us on: Admin@toowoombanetball.com.au